A good overall weekend in the Straits Area. Nice weather and lots of pond hockey people. Youth pond hockey is filling rooms (places with pools) quickly, so if you are headed this way for the coming weekend, book early.

Trails are in great shape, with no problems to report. It had gotten a little choppy before the Friday night run, but that was all fixed up before morning, and again on Saturday night. Groomer continue to report flat fast conditions, with lots of people out enjoying the trails. Big thanks to our guest groomer Griz on Friday night (um, I mean Sat morning)

#6 got her new LED lights last week, and so both tractors are running strong and on schedule. I will likely drop a day or 2 of groomer this week if the trails don’t need to be groomed. Better to keep them frozen hard, then to rip them up, just to lay it back down.

Forecast is a bit weird tonight, freezing rain for tomorrow, but then a possible 3-4” of topping snow, and good temps with a bit more snow later this week. This coming weekend will continue to have great trails, and good weather to enjoy the area.

Base: 8 inches

Snowfall Past 24 hours: 1 inch

Last Grooming: Within the Last 24 Hrs

Current Trail Conditions: Good to Excellent

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After the rain on Monday, we panned everything down to keep a super flat base and it worked very well. Some areas were really soaked, and turned into solid ice. The base out there is fantastic and will last well into March- which is a good thing, but I would like to see some top snow for cooling. The trails are coming back into shape, and have about 1” of workable stuff on top of the ice base. It is snowing now, and we are expected to get less then 2”. Cold temps through the weekend will kppe everything in tip top shape. The next 2 groomer runs will steel some snow from the sides and get something to ride on. All of the water hols have frozen up, and no major issues to report, except the mostly ice base in Moran – a broken record this year. At lest all of the rocks have been pushed down now, and the base is in great shape.

Weekend riding will be great. Pond Hockey is ON for this coming weekend, if you have never seen it and are in the area you got to check it out. Friday night is the Red Wings Alum hockey game at our ice rink, tickets are only $10. Saturday, 30 rinks of hockey, ice bowling, a bon fire and lots of LaBatte Blue. I will be down there for some time on Saturday for bowling. Come check it out!

Ice Bridge:
There is no ice in the crossing to Mackinac Island, and it is not considered safe at this time.

Pond Hockey:
The 7th year of the LaBatt Blue UP Pond Hockey Championships is on for Feb 15-17th, and will be held on the Bay downtown St. Ignace. Over 170 teams are signed up for the 2nd largest tourney in the country. 30 rinks are currently under construction. This year the beer/warming tent will be on the beach next to the bay to keep your feet try. Ice bowling and a bon fire between the tent and rinks give something for everyone to do. Live entertainment throughout the day. Hope to see you there!

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